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Robby Berman
Contributing Writer
I’m a writer, musician, and father living in central New York with my wife, two daughters, one dog, two cats, and countless questions. I’m especially interested in animal rights, creativity, politics, the nature of things and time, and in making a worthwhile contribution. You can follow me @everyrobby.
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A new survey of 1,021 Americans finds that we still have lots of questions and concerns about GMOs and that we don’t even really know when we’re consuming them.
A new study discovers that engaging in back-and-forth conversations with a child builds stronger connections between two of their brains’ vital critical speech areas, regardless of socioeconomic status.
Geneticists figure out how elephants keep from getting cancer.
New research spots a remarkable meeting of Jupiter’s jet streams and its magnetic field and proposes that it may contain the explanation for the planets’ striking cloud patterns.
A new study finds that even minutes of meditation or mindfulness increases your cognitive capabilities.
The Swift-Tuttle comet is the source of the lovely Perseid meteor shower each August. It’s also getting closer and closer, making it "the single most dangerous object known to humanity."
Plant cognitive ecologist Monica Gagliano talks about the challenges facing serious scientific research into plant intelligence.
The vast emptiness of space isn't really so empty: It's filled with space goop made of greasy carbon molecules.
NASA announced the five winners of the latest phase of its 3D-Printing Habitat Competition for designing the structures to be used by humans on Mars.
A new study suggests using "rough scheduling" for leisure activities to avoid making even fun feel like work.
The stunning Super-Kamiokande is hidden beneath a mountain in Japan to detect neutrinos shot from supernovas.
Scientists claim that huge rogue waves account for the disappearance of ships in the Bermuda Triangle.
A new study asserts that liberals and conservatives alike equally disdain hateful comments online, but only when they’re written by women.
The latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics reveal a rise in workplace fatalities, including how people are dying, and where they’re dying.
A comprehensive energy efficiency infographic that lays out the ways you can make a home energy efficient, from smart window treatments and roofing to walls and doors.
It’s been demonstrated that women are more attracted to men with attitudes of benevolent sexism. A new study asks why.
Infographics chart the growing acceptance of drinking during the day, compiled and created by Family Center for Recovery.
fMRIs reveal that physics causes activity in some surprising areas of the brain.
Researchers at Princeton engineer a new type of diamond with silicon and boron that solves past issues with quantum data storage and retrieval.
When crows and ravens fight, it’s the smaller crows being the aggressor about 97% of the time. It may be them being protective of their nest or it may be competition, but ravens are the ones being bullied.